Methods and systems for cellular-preferred logic for mobile devices

A method comprising:

• receiving a priority order for connecting a user equipment to one or more licensed cellular networks or to one or more unlicensed wireless networks, the priority order configuring the user equipment to connect to any one of the one or more licensed cellular networks before connecting to any one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks, the one or more licensed cellular networks including a Home Public Land Mobile Number (H-PLMN) network and a Visited Public Land Mobile Number (V-PLMN) network;
• connecting the user equipment to the H-PLMN network to form a connection to the H-PLMN network;
• determining a H-PLMN signal quality of the H-PLMN network;
• determining that the H-PLMN signal quality is less than a first threshold;
• determining that the V-PLMN network is available for connection with the user equipment;
• displaying, on the user equipment and at least partially in response to the determining that the H-PLMN signal quality is less than a first threshold and the determining that the V-PLMN network is available for connection with the user equipment, information indicative of the priority order and an availability of one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks for connection with the user equipment;
• and
• connecting the user equipment to the one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks, thereby overriding the priority order.

A user equipment for connecting to one or more licensed cellular networks or to one or more unlicensed wireless networks, the user equipment comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the user equipment to:
• receive a priority order for connecting the user equipment to the one or more licensed cellular networks or to the one or more unlicensed wireless networks, the priority order configuring the user equipment to connect to any one of the one or more licensed cellular networks before connecting to any one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks;
• connect the user equipment to one of the one or more licensed cellular networks;
• determine a first signal quality of the one of the one or more licensed cellular networks;
• determine that the first signal quality is less than a first threshold the first threshold being a threshold signal quality better than a drop threshold at which the licensed cellular connection is degraded to a level where the call will be dropped;
• determine a second signal quality of one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks;
• determine that the second signal quality is greater than a second threshold;
• and
• connect, at least partly in response to the determining that the first signal quality is less than the first threshold and the determining that the second signal quality is greater than the second threshold, the user equipment to the one of the one or more unlicensed wireless networks, thereby overriding the priority order.